ON
ON AIR
ON AIR AND ONLINE. THE OTHER TOP STORY WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS VIDEO NOW SEEN
AROUND THE WORLD FEDERAL
REGULATORS NOW ORDERING
INSPECTIONS OF ALL BOEING
TRIPLE SEVEN PLANES AFTER THAT
ENGINE FAILED MID-FLIGHT OVER
THE WEEKEND CATCHING FIRE THEN
DROPPING DEBRIS DOWN ON
BROOMFIELDPD.
INCREDIBLY NO ONE WAS HURT.
THAT PLANE HAD JUST LEFT DéDé
HEADED FOR HONOLOLULU.
THE PILOTS ABLE TO BRING IT
BACK AROUND AND RETURN SAFELY
TO DéDé ARE NOT NEWWS AVIATION
EXPERT GREG FEITH JOINS US NOW
TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND.
AND GREG, FIRST THING I WANT TO
ASK YOU IS A FORMER NTSB
INVESTIGATOR.
THE DATA THE EVIDENCE THAT USED
TO BE ABLE TO GATHER A LOT
OF TIMES IT WAS EYEWITNESS IN
THIS CASE THERE'S A LOT
OF EVIDENCE STREWN ALL OVER
BROOMFIELDPD THERE'S VIDEO
OF THE ENGINE ITSELF.
HOW HELPFUL IS THAT IN
DISCERNING WHAT HAPPENED, TOM?
ALL THOSE PIECES THAT MADE
THEIR WAY ACROSS FOUR OR FIVE
SQUARE MILE AREA BROOMFIELDPD
EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO
INVESTIGATORS ESPECIALLY SINCE
THERE WERE TWO FAN BLADES THAT
ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS ENTIRE
INVESTIGATION.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOPING THAT
THOSE TWO FAN BLADES ARE
RECOVERED WITH REGARD TO
WITNESSES, WE DO HAVE TWO
ELECTRONIC WITNESSES.
ONE IS THE COCKPIT VOICE
RECORDER.
ONE IS THE FLIGHT DATA
RECORDER.
SO USING THAT KIND
OF INFORMATION ALONG WITH
THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FROM
THE AIRCRAFT AS WELL AS
THE STATEMENTS THAT BOTH PILOTS
GAVE TODAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE
EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN PUTTING
THE ENTIRE STORYLINE TOGETHER.
SO THE TRIPLE SEVENS ARE NOW
GROUNDED WHILE THEY ARE BEING
EXAMINED AND SORTED OUT WHAT
HAPPENED, WHAT WENT WRONG, WHAT
MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN.
THIS NOW REMINDS US OF WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THE SEVEN THIRTY
SEVEN DMACS OBVIOUSLY A
DIFFERENT THING THAT'S A
SOFTWARE ISSUE THAT'S IN A
PLANE FLYING ISSUE THOSE THOSE
PLANES WERE GROUNDED FOR MORE
THAN A YEAR AND A HALF.
HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE
BEFORE THEY UNDERSTAND
THE SAFETY OF THE TRIPLE SEVEN?
WELL, NOT ALL TRIPLE SEVENS ARE
GROUNDED.
IT IS ONLY A CERTAIN SERIES
OF TRIPLE SEVENS THAT HAVE
THESE PRATT AND WHITNEY LATER
VERSION ENGINES IN THEM.
THIS ONE IS THE FOUR THOUSAND
EIGHTY FOUR I THINK THE FOUR
THOUSAND SEVENTY SEVEN VERSION
AS WELL IS AFFECTED WITH
UNITED.
THEY HAVE TWENTY FOUR AIRCRAFT
THAT'S OVER A THOUSAND BLADES.
THE MECHANICS THAT UNITED
CANNOT DO THE INSPECTION.
ALL OF THESE BLADES NEED TO GO
BACK TO PRATT AND WHITNEY FOR
INSPECTION.
SO HOWEVER FAST THEY CAN TURN
THESE BLADES AROUND AND EITHER
REPLACE THEM IF THERE ARE IF
THEY ARE DEFECTIVE OR RETURN
THESE BLADES TO SERVICE, THAT'S
GOING TO BE THE TURNAROUND TIME
I WOULD EXPECT MAYBE A MONTH OR
SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR WORK
CYCLE IS GOING TO BE.
I THINK ALL OF US WHO DON'T FLY
FOR A LIVING ARE ALWAYS
ASTOUNDED WHEN WE SEEN A PLANE
SO CRIPPLED VISUALLY BEING ABLE
TO LAND SAFELY.
WHAT INTERESTS ME SOMETIMES
THOUGH IS I DON'T KNOW DID
THE PILOTS WALK BACK AND
INSPECT THIS?
I KNOW THEY'RE BUSY.
THEY GOT A LOT TO DO IN
THE COCKPIT BUT FROM
THE COCKPIT THEY CAN'T EXACTLY
SEE SPECIFICALLY THE DAMAGE
DONE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT HAPPENS
OR AT LEAST WHAT DID HAPPEN ON
SATURDAY?
WELL, THIS CREW DID NOT LEAVE
THE COCKPIT.
YOU GOT TWO PILOTS UP THERE.
YOU HAVE A SEVERE SITUATION
WHILE THE PILOTS ARE TRAINED IN
PILOT TRAINING WAS WAS
EXEMPLIFIED IN THE ABILITY
OF THIS CREW TO HANDLE
THE SITUATION, HANDLE VERY
PROFESSIONALLY AND GET
THE AIRPLANE BACK ON THE GROUND
SAFELY.
THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT
THE COCKPIT IF THEY REALLY
NEEDED AN ASSESSMENT THEY COULD
HAVE EITHER ASKED FOR A
DEADHEADING CREW MEMBER OR ONE
OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO GO
BACK, TAKE A VISUAL LOOK, COME
UP AND THEN BRIEF THEM.
BUT THOSE TWO PILOTS WOULD NOT
LEAVE THE COCKPIT BECAUSE IT
REALLY DOES TAKE A TEAM EFFORT
IN ORDER TO RUN CHECKLIST AND
FLY THE AIRCRAFT, TALK ON
THE RADIO AND HANDLE THIS TYPE
OF EMERGENCY IN THE AREA NOW
WHERE EVERYONE SEEMS TO CARRY A
CAMERA.
WE NOW SEE AND FEEL WHAT IT WAS
LIKE TO SOME EXTENT TO BE IN
THAT CABIN ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
GREG, IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK